Film Festivals
The Festival of African Cinema (FCAT)
The Festival of African Cinema (FCAT), also known as Tarifa-Tangier African Film Festival, originally African Film Showcase of Tarifa (Muestra de Cine Africano de Tarifa) (2004–2006) and formerly African Film Festival of Tarifa (Festival de Cine Africano de Tarifa) (2007–2014), the African Film Festival of Cordoba (Festival Cine Africano Cordoba) (2012–2015), is an annual festival devoted to African cinema held in the Spanish city of Tarifa and the Moroccan city of Tangier
Seville, April 9, 2024. Cinema directed by women and reflections on Afrofeminisms will illuminate the 21st edition of the Tarifa-Tangier African Film Festival (FCAT), which returns to be held on both continental shores between May 24 and June 1. The poster for this edition has been unveiled in a beautiful courtyard in Seville, at the Cultural Initiatives Center of the University of Seville (CICUS), home of the festival and its film collection throughout the year. The event celebrates African cultures, setting the countdown for another encounter with African cinema.
A poetic still from the film Daughters of the Dust (1991), directed by filmmaker Julie Dash, featuring three women sitting on a beach in a spirit of sisterhood, graces this year’s poster. It was the first film directed by an African American woman to receive a wide release in US theaters. The film narrates various stories of black women with stunning visual beauty and has been included in the National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress “for its cultural, historical, and aesthetic significance.”